next
previous
items
eea flag
Home
Topics
Analysis and data
Countries
Newsroom
About us

Data

Concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in European agricultural soils

Data
Prod-ID: DAT-280-en
Created 24 Oct 2022 Published 24 Oct 2022 Last modified 24 Oct 2022
1 min read
Topics:
This data set contains current nitrogen (N) and critical phosphorus (P) concentrations and their exceedances of the current and required Nitrogen Use Efficiencies (NUE) in Europe. This data set has been compiled by the European Topic Centre on Urban, Land and Soil Systems (ETC/ULS) in the context of a study on metal and nutrient dynamics where the fate and dynamics of the most abundant heavy metals and nutrients in agricultural soils were investigated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of agricultural intensification in Europe, and to understand its environmental impact.

GIS data

Data and INSPIRE compliant metadata
  • GIS data
    Download file
  • INSPIRE compliant metadata
    Download file

Metadata

information.png Reporting obligations (ROD)
  • Not applicable
information.png Scale of the data set:
1:1000
information.png Rights:
EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
information.png Coordinate reference system:
EPSG:3035
information.png Data sources

ETC DI Report 2022/01 Impacts of nutrients and heavy metals in European agriculture: Current and critical inputs in relation to air, soil and water quality

Authors: Wim de Vries, Paul Römkens, Hans Kros, Jan Cees Voogd, Lena Schulte-Uebbing

information.png Owners:
European Environment Agency (EEA)
information.png Processors:
Umwelt Bundes Amt (UBA)

Additional information

The description of the spatial data sets provided on N and P dynamics in Europe and the reference report is provided under "lineage" at the entry for the INSPIRE compliant metadata. The data set is provided as SHP and also in a GDB, the latter including as well the heavy metal concentrations. An Excel file "Metadata heavy metals nutrients.xlsx" with the attribute metadata is provided with the data set.

 

Related content

Produced figures

Figure Spatial variation in N surplus (left) and P surplus (right) for the year 2010 in the EU-27 The figure shows the spatial variation in nitrogen (N) surplus (left map) and phosporus (P) surplus (right map) for all agricultural land in the EU-27 in 2010 (excluding the United Kingdom and Croatia). The surplus for N is calculated as the sum of N inputs to land (fertiliser, manure and biosolids, atmospheric N deposition, biological fixation and net mineralisation) minus crop removal (offtake). The surplus for P is calculdated as the sum of P inputs to land (fertiliser, manure and biosolids, atmospheric P deposition) minus crop removal (offtake). In the two maps, regions with higher N and P surpluses are coloured in shades of orange and red (with red colours representing N surpluses over 150 kg/ha/yr and P surpluses of 12 kg/ha/yr, respectively). Regions with lower N and P surpluses are shown in shades of green. N surpluses occur in nearly all regions, and are highest in areas with high livestock densities such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Brittany in France and the Po valley region in Italy. Because P is adsorbed by the soil, P surpluses can be negative in areas where crop uptake exceeds P input and P inputs are completely eliminated (so-called P mining), such as in parts of France, Germany, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. The maps and the supporting information are adapted from De Vries, W., Romkens, P., Kros, H., Voogd, J.C.H., Schulte-Uebbing, L., 2022, Impacts of nutrients and heavy metals in European agriculture. Current and critical inputs in relation to air, soil and water quality, ETC-DI Report 2022/01, European Environment Agency.

Permalinks

Geographic coverage

Temporal coverage

For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/concentrations-of-nitrogen-and-phosphorus or scan the QR code.

PDF generated on 29 Mar 2023, 11:44 PM

EEA Page URL QR

Topics

Topics:
Document Actions
The EEA is an agency of the European Union

Engineered by: EEA Web Team

Software updated on 12 March 2023 21:56 from version 23.1.28

Software version: EEA Plone KGS 23.3.11

Code for developers

Systems Status

Legal notice

Creative commons license

CMS login